Energy Resources
Beth
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03 Aug 2011
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has National Energy Policy Guidelines, an Electricity Supply Act and a Electricity Industry Act.
Since independence, there has been little progress in the development of any real capacity in the energy sector to plan and systemically develop a stable supply of energy for the country. PNG is currently heavily dependent on fossil fuels, with petroleum products accounting for an estimated 60% of its primary energy consumption. Renewable energy, primarily hydroelectricity,...
Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Palau has a draft National Energy Policy.
Although geological characteristics suggest that Palau may have exploitable reserves of oil and gas, exploration is just getting underway. For now, Palau depends on imported petroleum for virtually all energy requirements, making it highly vulnerable to fluctuating oil prices and disruptions in international trade. The sharp rise in oil prices in 2007-2008 resulted in higher costs for almost everything, creating widespread hardship among lower-income...
Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Niue has a national Energy Policy in place to manage sustainable development of the energy sector.
Natural energy resources are limited in Niue, with no traditional mineral or hydro-based resources available. Niue imports all its petroleum products; the main energy imports are diesel, gas and petrol. Diesel is mainly consumed in the electricity and transport sector. Bottled gas is the most common energy source for domestic cooking and has replaced the earlier charcoal and kerosene burners to a...
Beth
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01 Aug 2011
Nauru has an Energy Efficiency Action Plan (2008 – 2015) in place to manage sustainable development of its energy sector.
Provision of electricity to meet the national power demand has been achieved, with households and businesses receiving of power 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at an affordable cost. Fuel demand has been sustained since 2005 and improvements in stock management and purchasing arrangements have reduced fuel losses, strengthened safety measures and capability....
Beth
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01 Aug 2011
An Energy Policy, Renewable Energy (RE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) actions plans are being developed.
The FSM is overwhelming dependent on imported petroleum fuels for commercial energy. Approximately 86% of gross energy supply is generated from petroleum and 14% from biomass, used for cooking. Solar energy provides considerably less than 1% of the total. There are electric power systems on the principal islands of all four FSM states, and much smaller systems on some outer islands of the...
